...THE BEST way to go. I have a Tom-Tom and with road construction changing daily, the program in it is dated and often unreliable. OTOH, my Apple Iphone has a free app, Mapquest, that is a gps based application, works the same as GPS, costs nothing, and even talks to you with the directions. ALSO it is constantly being updated!!!

angelod307 wrote:Garmin, bar none. What gps do planes use? I submit garmin. My garmin works at 30k feet in the air. A friend said garmin was the standard in aviation, i could be wrong. Garmin nuvi series.

I can vouch for Garmin units, at least the aviation ones. Having used a kneeboard GPS unit when flying, the Garmin is the most used manufacturer in that marketplace. Here is the Garmin 796, which is the cats ass of these units. Most of the newer units can receive and display radar info from XM/Sirius with a monthly charge, which for an offshore pilot is fantastic! I'd use them for flying, then plug it into my truck and use it on the ground too. I still have a couple of these older kneeboard type units, from Avmap, that I used over the years. The earliest unit has a monochrome screen! Of course back in the "good old days" we had no wonderful gadgets like this. Makes me feel old

If you don't want to spend the bucks or commit to a longer term contract with a cell phone that has apps capability--then Garmin is it. You can update your maps 1 time in the first few years of ownership, after that you have to pay a fee to update maps. Still probably cheaper than the mobile device / service fees. I have a Garmin that is about 10 yrs old and it still works fine! (other than needing map update- some newer roads are not on the maps I have in the system)

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